Production Director

Apex Sign Group•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Apex Sign Group seeks a manufacturing and operations leader to oversee pre-production and turn customer requirements into production-ready work. Reporting to the EVP of Operations, this role aligns design, engineering, estimating, costing, planning, and release readiness with Project Management and Manufacturing. The Director sets priorities, governance, and accountability to improve margin, quality, delivery, and scalable growth. This is a highly visible position with a direct impact on production, efficiency, cost control, and customer success. The role brings structure, urgency, and leadership to a growing operation.

Requirements

10+ years of senior leadership in manufacturing, product engineering, pre-production, or operations.
Proven success leading multidisciplinary teams and improving margin, cost, schedule, and execution.
Expertise in manufacturability, value engineering, costing, supply chain, and production planning.
Strong financial, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Strategic thinking and sound executive judgment.
Clear communication and cross-functional influence.
Accountability, conflict resolution, and decisive problem-solving.
Coaching, collaboration, adaptability, and change leadership.

Nice To Haves

College degree is preferred.
ERP, MRP, PLM, sign manufacturing, fabrication, electrical products, or custom-engineered product experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead accountable teams across design, engineering, and production planning.
Translate growth, margin, customer, and manufacturing priorities into a clear operating agenda.
Ensure projects enter manufacturing with complete specifications, materials, routings, and execution requirements.
Build credible schedules and align capacity, suppliers, and materials to delivery commitments.
Partner with Manufacturing to improve schedule integrity, throughput, and asset use.
Direct product design, engineering documentation, bills of materials, and routings for manufacturability, quality, compliance, and cost.
Lead value engineering, estimating, and job costing to improve cost transparency, margin predictability, and lifecycle value.
Standardize the operating model from project intake through production release, including stage-gate governance.
Use ERP, MRP, PLM, and costing systems to improve data, workflows, and decisions.
Align Project Management, Design, Estimating, Purchasing, Production, Sales, and Finance; resolve recurring issues and sustain process changes.
Coach and develop the team, close capability gaps, and reinforce ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.